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Don't people with the lowest test scores benefit the most? If you already know everything, what's the point of going to school?
by jrockway 3y ago
Don't people with the lowest test scores benefit the most? If you already know everything, what's the point of going to school?
- pessimizer 3y agoThe common belief among all Harrison Bergeron referencers is that resources should be concentrated on those who need them the least, because those are the people who have shown merit.
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- analog31 3y agoNot necessarily. At some level you run the risk of not being able to get through college at all. Accreditation requires courses to be conducted at a certain level. In fact as I understand it the correlation to success in college is how the standardized test companies originally sold themselves. My college math advisor was a consultant for one of those companies. Now, I hope California has included community colleges and trade schools in this program, where some of those students might stand a better chance. Also, the stuff tested by the tests is pretty remedial to begin with.
- nvahalik 3y agoThat depends. Are the test scores because they don't care? Or are the scores reflective of someone without means? On the former, probably not. They'll just suck up the oxygen in the room. The latter? Sure, they could benefit immensely.
- kortilla 3y agoThe test is to ensure you know enough to be able to get something out of college and not slow all of the other students down. It’s not testing if you already know college materials.
- kevinventullo 3y agoThe tests only cover high school level material, while colleges courses take that material as a prerequisite and build on top of it.